# Damned Song Is Driving Me Nuts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162 "2004-08-23T22:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/21 "2004-08-24T14:10:03Z")
> [@](#): > > “It’s a small world after all…” . . . and I used to have the LP. Might still. Every time I went to chuck it into the thrift store box I’d think of the torture I mean historical potential and keep it. But it might not have survived the last move. “. . .there is just one moon and one golden sun. . .” ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/22 "2004-08-24T14:13:34Z")
I heard this on a radio show one day. Something GUARANTEED to chase that annoying song out of your head: Michelle, ma belle. These are words that go together well, My Michelle. Michelle, ma belle. Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, Tres bien ensemble. Sorry 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/23 "2004-08-24T14:43:49Z")
My name is Sellama, I am a were-Llama I’m cursed every night by the beast I become. I trade hands for feet, my curse is complete, you can’t play castanets without thumbs! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/24 "2004-08-24T15:08:54Z")
I sang one song as Elmer Fudd, replacing all the Ls and Rs with Ws, and now every song that goes through my mind is translated like that. It’s vewy annoying! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/25 "2004-08-24T17:37:13Z")
I watched **Hatari** the other night. John Wayne, Red Buttons and a mostly otherwise forgettable cast live capturing African animals for zoos – seriously un-PC! Now I have the “Baby Elephant Walk” permanently burned into my brain… ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/26 "2004-08-24T18:45:06Z")
Alright! New song for today, and it’s a killer! \*I got a gypsy woman Givin’ me advice I got a gypsy woman Givin’ me advice I got a whole lotta tricks Keepin’ her on ice Got my mojo workin’! Got my mojo workin’! Got my mojo workin’! Got my mojo workin’! Got my mojo workin’ but it just don’t work on you Lay it on me, suh!\* Despite rumors which you may have heard to the contrary, Muddy Waters is god. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/27 "2004-08-24T18:47:48Z")
Magical Trevor. Stuck in my head for two days straight last week. Sometimes the threads on this board are traps that one must learn to avoid, such as the Ever-so-clever Magical Trevor! Look at him now disappearing a cow,…duh dum de dumm… OH NO! It’s happening again! AAAHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/28 "2004-08-24T19:07:00Z")
I think the last time it happened to me, it was _You Are My Sunshine_. Damned song. > [@Yllaria](#): > > Not today, but the last time it happened it was the Triplets of Belleville theme. Ah yes, the good ol’ _Belleville Rendez-Vous_! That song gets stuck in my head every time I see a post by **bienville** …my brain turns it into “Belleville” and off it goes… _{sigh}_ I don’t know the words, either, so I just hear the same 8 measures over and over. Apparently, though, the soundtrack includes a version in English. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/29 "2004-08-24T19:25:07Z")
I promise you all that besides having this stuck in my head, this song is following me. I’ve heard it on the radio, on hold music, at the grocer, at the bowling alley and at a bar, all in the last week. There was something in the air that night…Fernando… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/30 "2004-08-24T19:51:50Z")
My tendency, when songs get stuck in my head, is to sing parts of them out loud. Over and over. Often without realizing it until it’s too late. In the 40 minutes since I last posted in this thread, the song _Crazy 'Bout Ya_ (by Cowboy Mouth) has gotten stuck in my head…I think my officemate is starting to wonder if I have a crush on her… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/31 "2004-08-24T19:54:07Z")
I have In The Flesh by Pink Floyd stuck in my head, mainly from “Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?” ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/32 "2004-08-24T20:02:00Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > “One of these things is not like the other…” > > That has been ringing in my mind _ **all day** _. And I keep thinking of a man, a chimp and a gorilla. > > What is ringing in your mind? Sesame Street right??? “One of these kids is doing their own thing… one of these kids does not belong…” Shit. Now I have that in my head. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/33 "2004-08-24T21:11:59Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > “One of these things is not like the other…” Subway has been using that tune (without the words) in their most recent ads. Maybe that’s where you picked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/34 "2004-08-29T20:11:56Z")
Aha! Google is my friend. Found the lyrics for the Triplets of Belleville at the [Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film - review](http://www.chlotrudis.org/movies/reviews/2003/triplets.html) . > [@](#): > > Refrain: > Swinging Belleville rendez-vous > Marathon dancing doop dee doop > Vaudou Cancan balais taboo > Au Belleville swinging rendez-vous Looks like I had picked up about 1/3 of the refrain. And I’m not posting the lyrics hoping to get the song going in other peoples heads. Really. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/35 "2004-08-29T20:25:11Z")
This may not ring for everyone. Just those who’ve been to the Animation Festival. At least every year I went in La Jolla in the early '90s “But, the cat came back. We thought he was a goner, but the cat came back.” Its been in my head on and off since I last heard it _in 1993!_ ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/36 "2004-08-29T20:32:00Z")
A good way to get rid of a song stuck in your head is to sing it. However, if that song is _Christianity Is Stupid_ by Negativland, be careful of where you sing it. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/37 "2004-08-29T20:44:20Z")
A few days ago I learned that Joan Jett and The Blackhearts were coming to [Cornfest](http://www.cornfest.com), and since then I’ve had “Love Is a Battlefield” going through my head. Of course, “LIaB” was not Joan Jett, but Pat Benatar. Still stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/38 "2004-08-29T20:56:21Z")
_This is the song that doesn’t end…_ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/39 "2004-08-29T21:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Kat > This is the song that doesn’t end… That’s a great song for hiking with children. Switch off with the “The ants go marching”. (which can also get stuck in your head) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/40 "2004-08-29T21:46:39Z")
Thanks to **Jenaroph** ’s post in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273038), I’ve had _The Cat Came Back_ stuck in my brain for about a week now. Please make it stop… :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162.md?page=3)